Shinezinho

Shinezinho was born in Rio Grande in 1935 . However, his date of birth remains controversial. The site of the Brazilian Confederation of Football is listed on September 15 ^[4] . When a Brazilian played in Italy , his date of birth was July 28 ^[5] . But after the footballer’s transfer to Vicenza , he himself began to assert that he was born on January 1 ^[6] .

Shinezinho began his career at Renner Club. In this team, he won the Rio Grande do Sul state championship , which became the first club title in history. From there he moved to Internacional , where he was one of the team leaders, along with Bodinho and Larry . Together with this club, the midfielder won the Rio Grande Championship. The following year, Shinezinho was drafted into the national team . In 1958, he moved to Palmeiras , making his debut on July 24 in a match with the Club Commercial , in which his team lost 1: 3 ^[7] . With this club, he next year won the Sao Paulo State Championship , and a year later he won the Brazil Trophy draw ^[8] . In total for the "Palmeiras" football player spent 241 matches and scored 55 goals ^[9] .

In 1962, Shinezinho, dissatisfied with the fact that the Brazilian national team that went to the world championship did not call him, but Mengalvio ^[7] , moved to Modena , where he debuted on September 23 in a match with Genoa , in which his team won 2: 1 ^[10] . With the money from the sale of the midfielder, about 130 million cruzeiro ^[11] , Palmeiras built its first football academy, made repairs to the stadium ^[12] and bought 15 football players ^[3] . This transfer was the largest in Brazil at the time. In Modena, the Brazilian has only one season, playing in 20 matches and scoring 3 goals. The next season, Shinezinho began as part of Catania . In this team, the midfielder played 59 meetings and scored 4 goals. In 1964 he reached the Alps Cup final with the club, but there Catania lost to Genoa .

In 1965, Shinezinho was bought by Juventus , who saw in the Brazilian a replacement for Omar Sivori . In the first season, he helped his club win the Italian Cup . Two years later, the Bianconeri won the national championship . In total, Juve played 85 matches for Juve and scored 8 goals.

He then played for the Vicenza Club, the American New York Cosmos , where he played a single match ^[6] , and the Nacional Club.

Having completed his playing career, Shinezino coached in Italy, and in 1985 headed Palmeiras, who under his leadership played 14 games ^[9] . Then he moved to the city of Praia Grande , where he lived for a long time. The last years of his life football player lived in Praia do Cassino ^[13] , suffering from Alzheimer's disease ^[3] .

• Brazilian Champion (1): 1960
• Champion of the State of Rio Grande do Sul : 1954, 1955
• Champion of Panamerica : 1956
• Champion of São Paulo State : 1959
• Winner of the Cup of Rock : 1960
• Atlantic Cup Winner : 1960
• Italy Cup Winner : 1965
• Champion of Italy : 1967
• Champion of Mexico City Tournament: 1959